repots

Changes plant containers

Repots is the third-person singular of repot, meaning to transfer a plant from one container to another, typically larger one: She repots her orchids every spring.

The process gives roots more room to grow and refreshes depleted soil.

gardening

transplanting

Moving living growth elsewhere

container · seedlings · trowel · compost · fertilizer · perlite · vermiculite · peat · aeration · houseplants

growth

rootbound

Roots filling entire container

blooming · sprouting · germination · thriving · maturation · blossoming · spreading · enlargement · proliferation · revitalization

propagation

cuttings

Snipped portions for growing

rootstock · transplants · grafting · layering · offsets · pups · runners · suckers · cultivar · hybridization

care

nurture

Support growth and development

nourish · support · sustain · protect · encourage · strengthen · revive · refresh · restore · rehabilitate

Opposites
plant containment action

repotsuproots

Removes from the ground

unpots · discards · abandons

plant growth management

repotsprunes

Cuts away excess growth

restricts · stunts · constrains · bonsais · neglects

Family

repot, repotting, repotted

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G